Bottle holder



Nov. 3,19 5; 1,559,687

' S. FAIRCHILD BOTTLE HOLDER Filed April 1924' jg, 4 ui- 2 8 EzvenZor: ,5 j azlrckzzcz Patented Nov. 3, 1925.

UNITED STATES SALLY FAIRCHILD, OF CONCORD, NEW HAMISHIRE'.

BOTTLE HOLDER.

Application filed April 8, 1924. Serial No. 705,043.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SALLY FAIRoHILn, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Concord, in the county of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Bottle Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to holders for bottles, jars, etc., objects of this invention being to provide a holder of simplified and rigid construction, which may be readily attached to and detached from a bottle, or the like, yet which, when attached, will provide a firm non-displaceable handle, and which has but one jointed encircling band and but one connecting member, so that the device may be inexpensive of construction, pleasing of appearance, easy to keep clean and unlikely to be rendered inoperable by constant usage.

For the purpose of illustration a pre ferred embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation showing the holder attached to a cream jar; and

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the holder with the upper band in displaced position.

The holder comprises a lower band 8 and an upper band 4, each rigidly secured together in concentric relation by a handle 5. The lower band 3 is substantially cylindrical in form and has a diameter slightly larger than that of the bottle to provide clearance for slipping the holder over the bottle. The upper band 4 comprises two arouate portions pivoted to each other at the point 6, so that one portion may be opened, as shown in Fig. 2, to permit the holder to be lowered over the bottle. The fixed portion of the upper band is preferably attached to the handle 5 at a point intermediate its ends, so that the position of the pivot or hinge 6 will not lie diametrically opposite the handle, where it would be likely to become soiled or clogged by drippings from the bottle. The free ends of said band portions may be returned over their outer surfaces to form eyeholes into which may be fitted a pin 7 to hold the said port-ions in closed position ,upon the'bottle, as shown in Fig. l. The

pin connection is preferably located near the handle 5 so that it will not be in the path of possible drops of liquid after the contents. of the bottle have been partially dispensed. A chain 8 may be provided to connect the pin 7 to the handle 5 to guard against loss.

The upper band lis preferably of such width that it will extend from the lip 9 to the shoulder 10 of the bottle when attached, to restrain vertical movement of the holder.

The holder is applied to the bottleby passing the lower band over the top of the bottle with the upper band in opened position, the clearance of the lower band being such that the fixed portion of the upper band will slip over the lip of the bottle without binding. The upper band is then closed about the neck of the bottle and connected J by the pin 7, or other suitable connecting means.

I claim: I

A bottle holder comprising a solid lower band, an upper band consisting of two arcuate port-ions hinged together, a handle rigidly interconnecting said lower band and I one of said portions of the upper bandintermediate its ends, the hinge conn'ection between said upper band portions being remote from the connection between the handle and said upper band, and means for connecting together the free ends of said arcuate portions to provide a firm band for Y clasping the neck of the bottle below the lip thereof when the holder is applied to the bottle over the top thereof.

Signed by me at Boston, this 3rd day of April, 1924.

SALLY FAIRGHILD.

Massachusetts. 7 

